dead in the water: Murder and Fraud in the World’s Most Secretive Industry
By Matthew Campbell and Kit Sherrell, Portfolio $27/Atlantic Books £18.99
Attacks on tankers off the coast of Yemen, unsolved murders, and revelations of forensic and financial fraud are woven into a thrilling narrative that sheds light on the global shipping industry and its success factors. Shortlisted for this year’s Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award.
influence empire: The Tale of Tencent and China’s Tech Ambitions
by Lulu Chen, Hodder & Stoughton £25
How Tencent, the developer of China’s ‘everything app’ WeChat, came to prominence, and how its elusive and enigmatic founder Pony Ma threw himself into a highly politicized China. A timely survey of how it has maintained its influence in the world of technology and entrepreneurship. Finalist for the 2022 FT Business Book of the Year Award.
talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives and Winners Around the World
by Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross John Murray Press £20/St Martin’s Press $14.99
A practical guide to navigating a tight market for creative and innovative staff, from economist Tyler Cowen and venture capitalist Daniel Gross. Includes tips on using tools from interviews to incentives to ensure recruiters win the deepest and most diverse pool of candidates. .
blackout: The Rise and Fall of General Electric
By William D. Cohan, Allen Lane £35/Portfolio $40
William D. Cohan delves deep into the root causes of the rise and recent extraordinary decline of GE, once an impregnable trailblazer for the US industrial and corporate sector. This is a very important warning about how the reputation of a former corporate giant like Jack Welch can be tarnished by excesses and ambition.
Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax evaders, thieves and criminals
by Oliver Barrow, Profile £20/St Martin’s Press $28.99
Banks, law firms, public relations firms, schools, universities, and other institutions in the post-empire of England serve the corrupt ultra-wealthy, washing their personal reputations, washing their dirty money so that they can controversial views on how it allowed the fortunes of
Book of the Year 2022
Throughout the week, FT writers and critics will share their favorites. Some highlights are:
Monday: Andrew Hill’s business
Tuesday: Environment by Pirita Clark
Wednesday: The Economics of Martin Wolf
Thursday: Fiction by Laura Battle
Friday: Politics by Gideon Lachman
Saturday: Critic’s Choice
power of regret: How to look back and move forward
By Daniel H. Pink Canongate £16.99/Riverhead Books $28
Daniel H. Pink describes regret as the “photographic negative” of the good life. Based on extensive research on regret, his book redefines regret as an essential emotion that allows us to atone for losses and disappointments if we don’t grow weary of the past, retrace our steps, and even try paths we didn’t take. make it possible.
nowhere office: Work Reform and the Workplace of the Future
by Julia Hobsbawm, Hachette £18.99
The pandemic has rapidly brought the future of work closer, calling into question the state of the traditional office and the behavior of the workers who flocked to it. This lively primer unabashedly concludes that Covid-19 and subsequent lockdowns have brought lasting and beneficial changes to how and where we work.
core: How Leaders Become Strategists
by Richard Rumelt, Profile Book £16.99 / PublicAffairs $30
Another candid guide to corporate strategy and how to structure and pursue it, from veteran professor and consultant Richard Rumelt. The “core” is the hardest part of boulder climbing, aptly demonstrating his claim that strategy is not a silly vision but a journey “through, over and around a series of challenges.”
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25 million sparks: The Secret Story of a Refugee Entrepreneur
By Andrew Leon Hannah, Cambridge University Press £14.99
Killing entrepreneurship takes a lot of time. Andrew Leon Hannah has found thriving in the most difficult environments of refugee communities. Extensive analysis is interspersed. In 2018 he is based on a book proposal that won the FT and McKinsey’s Brackenbauer Prize for Young Business Writers.
job redesign: How to transform your organization and enable hybrid work for everyone
By Linda Gratton, Penguin Business £14.99/The MIT Press $19.95
Professor and consultant Linda Gratton looks for examples of how innovative employers, from Fujitsu to HSBC, are creating and managing hybrid and flexible work. With characteristic vigor, she presents her four practical steps for restructuring businesses for the imminent arrival of the future of work.
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